An AI can detect the presence of smells and even distinguish between scents like ammonia or carbon monoxide, which could be useful for detecting hazardous odours Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237534-ai-can-pick-out-specific-odours-from-a-combination-of-smells/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
AI can pick out specific odours from a combination of smells Read More »
China, South Korea, Singapore and Canada show just how important testing and quarantine are for tackling the coronavirus, says the WHO’s Bruce Aylward Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237493-we-have-to-respect-the-coronavirus-and-learn-as-the-disease-evolves/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
We have to respect the coronavirus – and learn as the disease evolves Read More »
The WHO’s assistant director general Bruce Aylward says effective quarantine is essential for tackling the coronavirus, but this cannot happen without extensive testing for covid-19 Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237544-who-expert-we-need-more-testing-to-beat-coronavirus/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
WHO expert: We need more testing to beat coronavirus Read More »
Negative headlines about organic farming’s carbon footprint are missing the bigger picture about its environmental benefits, say Christel Cederberg and Hayo van der Werf Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237411-all-the-reasons-why-organic-food-doesnt-deserve-such-bad-press/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
All the reasons why organic food doesn’t deserve such bad press Read More »
Pregnant people don’t seem to be at greater risk of experiencing severe covid-19, and the virus doesn’t seem to pass to fetuses, but there’s still a lot we don’t know Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237352-coronavirus-what-we-know-so-far-about-risks-to-pregnancy-and-babies/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
Coronavirus: What we know so far about risks to pregnancy and babies Read More »
There may be two different categories of type 1 diabetes that are more common at different ages. Understanding the differences could lead to new treatments Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237221-type-1-diabetes-may-be-two-conditions-that-need-different-treatments/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
Type 1 diabetes may be two conditions that need different treatments Read More »
The UK’s stance, to try to manage the spread of immunity among people while protecting those most at risk, appears at odds with the World Health Organization’s call for urgent action Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237385-why-is-the-uk-approach-to-coronavirus-so-different-to-other-countries/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
Why is the UK approach to coronavirus so different to other countries? Read More »
When Mars was young, parts of the planet may have been able to sustain RNA, a molecule that probably played a key role in the beginnings of life on Earth Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237339-mars-may-once-have-had-right-conditions-for-rna-to-develop-into-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
Mars may once have had right conditions for RNA to develop into life Read More »
Deforestation of the Amazon has continued at record levels this year, leading observers to warn the rainforest is disappearing faster than ever before Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237048-amazon-deforestation-looks-set-to-hit-a-record-high-in-2020/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
Amazon deforestation looks set to hit a record high in 2020 Read More »
We thought hominins evolved to run around 2 million years ago – but a study of the famous Lucy’s species, Australopithecus afarensis, suggests she could run too Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237361-our-ancestors-may-have-run-a-million-years-earlier-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
Our ancestors may have run a million years earlier than we thought Read More »